Fast Company: Photovoltaic cells are best known for turning sunlight into electrical power—and they’re big business. But did you know that there’s a type→

The following is a guest post by Sarah Rexman. When people stop paying their bills for their storage units, the storage company can auction→

This week, Minneapolis-based FinderCodes announced its electronic lost and found system. The system combines the use of mobile phones, QR codes and a website→

WSJ: Long a cultural icon, the vending machine is fading from the American landscape. The numbers are bleak: Traditional vending machines disappeared from 134,000→

New Scientist: The hottest new material in town is light, strong and conducts electricity. What’s more, it’s been around a long, long time. Nanocrystalline→

Karen Wildman and Lisa Holmes were constantly battling malfunctioning electronics due to moisture and water damage. The sisters set out to invent a solution.→

The following is a guest post by IBISWorld analysts Kevin Boyland and Eben Jose. Driven primarily by a shift toward providing services online, these→

Extreme Tech: At CES 2013, thanks to a company called TrackingPoint, hunting rifles can now be considered a piece of consumer electronics. Starting at→

The Week: THE X PRIZE foundation, a non-profit foundation promoting technology, has offered a $10m prize to anyone who can make Star Trek’s medical→

Whether you head a secret organization, run a large company, or you simply don’t trust throwing away old hardware with sensitive data, Data Killers→

A reader wrote: Traveling with Entrepreneur Magazine in 2011 we’ve interviewed some of the brightest innovators all across the U.S.A. We decided to bring→

1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated. 1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and→

YourLocalGuardian.co.uk: A sixth-form student from Sutton Grammar School has been chosen to represent the UK in a European-wide young scientist competition. Andrew Cowan, 17,→

The following post is made possible by support from UPS. Back in 1975, Business Week ran an incredibly cognizant article about the office of→

The bow and arrow may not be the most common weapon used today, but it is still a popular niche for business. Enthusiasts enjoy→

First you could drop off your extra pennies, nickels and dimes in exchange for dollar bills (minus 8.9%) at Coinstar vending machines. Then you→

Whether you want to teach your kid how to tinker and understand the basics of electronics or you are a kid at heart, the→

As senior merchandiser for the e-commerce site ThinkGeek.com, Ty Liotta, is responsible for discovering and creating such must-haves for geeks as a T-shirt that→

IBNLive.com: A set of second-hand materials make up the components of a rotating Steadicam developed by Chandrakanth M, a final year Applied Electronics student→

Springwise.com: We’ve seen several tools for helping businesses create an online storefront, including tinypay.me, but Brazilian Genstok takes such e-commerce efforts a step further→